What is the average commute in Katy city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Katy city, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · TX · GEOID 48384762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Katy, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Katy city, Texas
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.3 min one way; 18.0% worked from home, 68.7% drove alone, and 14.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home18.0%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone68.7%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.8%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Katy city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute30.4 min → 31.3 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.5% → 18.0%▲ 5.6 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.9% → 1.7%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 68.7%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Katy city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.7%; 1.7% used public transit and 18.0% worked from home.

Drive alone68.7% ±4.0 pp

Carpool9.5% ±3.5 pp

Public transit1.7% ±1.2 pp

Walk1.0% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home18.0% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 11,146 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Katy city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

84^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

67^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

89^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Katy city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,146 workers age 16+, including 9,136 workers with reported travel time and 2,010 home workers.

Population estimate25,184± 39 MOE

Workers age 16+11,146± 745 MOE

Workers with travel time9,136± 780 MOE

Estimated home workers2,010± 436 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Texas commute records for Katy city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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